The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-05-26
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

TERRITORIAL NEWS.
\ Items Of Interest From Both Side!
/ of the Divide.
Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.
At Dillon the public school was elosec
On Arbor Day.
District court convened at Virgins
City on the 18th.
The aged father of N. B. Rngelng die
in Butte last Wednesday.
! E. N. Trask has perfected scheme TO,
giving water works to South Butte.
The spring term OF the district court
convened at Fort Benton last Friday.
The Montana Knights of Pythias have
been disporting themselves all week in
Butte. ;
The business of the Wickes branch
railroad has trebled in the last eighteen
months.
The children of Butte have the
measles. AS a general thing it is not
dangerous.
There is now daily stage between Ar
genta and the Hot Springs near Ban
mack City.
The Rev. r. E. Smith, of Helena, will
deliver the Grafton on Decoration Day at
Fort Custer.
In Corvallis on Abor Day match game
of baseball was played, with resulting
score of to3.
The heading of the big tunnel of the
Montana Central is advancing at the rate
of six feet day.
The Bitter Root railroad is now fairly
progress of construction, grading in good
earnest having been begun Monday, May
18th.
From local items in the Stevensville
Tribune, we gather that the live stock
business in the Bitter Root Valley is very
lively.
Mr.. Udden, of Chicago, bought 125
head of horses in and around Stevensville
during the past week. He will ship them
shortly.
The Livingston baseball club has chol-
lenged the Helena boys to match game
to be played at Livingston on the 3Oth
for $500 side.
The Montana Central and Montana
Union are now contesting for the right of
way through Silver Bow canyon before
the court at Deer Lodge.
The Butte Turn-Verein has decided to
purchase the Granite street pavilion. The
price will be $10,50O and extensive inn
provements will be made.
The Great Falls school closed nine
months term on the Goth. The patrons
and friends were invited to partake of a
free lunch, prepared by the pupils.
The Great Falls Tribune now reaches
us every day as a neat, fve-column folio
newspaper, full OF news and ably edited.
We wish it success in it's improved form.
James Connolly, workman in the
Nile mine, near Butte, fell down shaft
80 feet deep. His fall was broken by
obstructions and he was not seriously
injured.
Horse thieving has again started in
briskly at Stevensville, mare belonging
to w. A. Jewell and a team of horses
owned by a man named McWilliams hav-
ing been already spirited away.
"Man's inhumanity to man was never
better illustrated than by Judge Melton's
action, last Sunday, in refusing to issue
a permit for entrance to the county hos
pital, of the Indians who we're injured in
the wreck at Dell-Dillon Tribune.
The association of woolgrowers of East
ern Montana met at Miles City on We'd
nesday, May 18th. The officers elected
for the ensuing year were II. J. Nichols,
president; J. H. Locke, secretary and
treasurer; John Barringer and A. NJ.
Cree, vice e-presidents.
The Southern Cross mine, at George
town, which is under bond to A. Warten-
weller and II. Bratnober, is being fully
worked. The developments are in excess
of expectations and there is no doubt but
that the sale under the bond will be
made.-Butte Mining Journal
Last week man named Morris Meach
was adjudged insane before jury sub
penaed by the Probate Court at Helena